{"id":716737,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/716737/?format=json","text_counter":569,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"When the matter went to court and I was appearing for the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), the court said that if the Legislature wanted to have six men and six women, it should have said so and they said that equality does not mean that you have six women and six men. That law which was supposed to empower women was thrown away and the presiding judge who was a lady said that it did not mean that. So, when you talk to any draftsman, the drafting of this legislation is poor particularly when you use the word “notwithstanding”. That word means you disregard and I think Sen. (Prof.) Anyang-Nyong'o put it very well and I do not need to repeat. It means that you disregard Section 44.The word is already out there in the general understanding of the public and you know they are not stupid. Already what they have in the news is that the Senate has passed legislation that allows manual identification and transmission. That is what is already there because the words are clear in the legislation. I, therefore, support very strongly the proposals made by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, and say that it is not too late while we are in Committee to get some sense which we did not get during the Second Reading. I support."}